Multidisciplinary Telerehabilitation Practices in Autism

Summary

The study, titled The Effect of Physiotherapy and Nutrition Services Provided by Telerehabilitation Methods on the Physical, Nutritional and Psychological Conditions of Children with Autism and Their Families, aimed to evaluate the effects of physiotherapy and nutrition education to be given to the participants. Participants were children with autism spectrum disorder and parents of children with autism spectrum disorder. There will be surveys that researchers will ask participants to answer. Parent telerehabilitation group participants via smartphone video conferencing; Researchers involved in this project; A physiotherapist and a physiotherapist senior physiotherapy intern will send 1 session of online simultaneous exercise training to the parent telerehabilitation group participants, then an exercise video containing the exercises and brochures will be sent and the parent telerehabilitation group participants will be asked to do the exercises 3 days a week. Participants will be asked to keep an exercise diary and the status of the diaries will be monitored once a week. Additionally, the concepts of physical activity and recreational activity in autism will be explained to the participants. Again, via smartphone video conferencing, the researchers participating in this project; 3 different nutrition trainings will be given by 1 dietitian and 1 senior dietitian trainee within the scope of basic nutrition and nutrition-health information at 15-day intervals. Waist, hip and height measurements of autistic child participants will be measured with a tape measure, and their body weight will be measured with a scale. The study will last 2 months.

Conditions

• Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation
• Nutrition
• Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Telerehabilitation

Interventions

OTHER

telerehabilitation exercise

The telerehabilitation program is as follows; Respiratory exercises: Chest, diaphragmatic breathing and lower basal breathing exercises will be performed with 10 repetitions.Resistance exercises: Strengthening exercises will be performed on the major muscle groups of the upper and lower extremities, using medium-hardness resistance exercise band. During the exercises, the patient's fatigue and dyspnea levels will be questioned using the Borg scale, and breaks will be given when necessary. Exercises 1st-3rd weeks with 10 repetitions; 15 repetitions in weeks 4-6; In the 7th and 8th weeks, it will be done as 2 sets of 10 repetitions.Posture exercises: Basic posture exercises will be explained. Tabletop movements will be taught in clear, various positions that concern the spine, scapula and pelvis.Gait training: In line with the data obtained from the 6-minute walking test, gait training will be given on flat ground at 60% workload (land-based walking).

OTHER

Control Group

The surveys in the outcome measures section will be applied once as a pre-test. Children in both groups will receive conventional institutional rehabilitation in the rehabilitation center. Children in the conventional rehabilitation group, which is the control group, will only be included in the supervised program. This group will not receive a telerehabilitation program.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi

  lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

6 Years

Max Age

11 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2023-11-22

Primary Completion

2024-06-01

Completion

2024-08-01

Countries

• Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations